Chapter 208: His Seduction
The private room was beautifully arranged with a romantic atmosphere, like a candlelight dinner. It was primarily lit by French-style ambient lighting. It wasn’t a completely enclosed space; to the side, there was an arched glass window overlooking a secluded garden. Under the lights, you could even see koi fish swimming in the pond in front of the garden.
Shi Lan froze for a moment when she walked in and saw the setup. Her gaze swept over the bouquet of flowers resting on a chair. "Are these... for me?"
There was an ordering robot in the room. Yan Huoshui had dismissed the waiter and said gently, "Yes. You were always the one picking flowers for me before. Now, it’s finally my turn to give you flowers."
As he spoke, he seemed to recall their time in the prison, and his voice held a hint of a smile.
Shi Lan couldn’t help but smile along with him. Yan Huoshui pulled out a chair for her, and she sat down, the bouquet placed right beside her.
She breathed in the fresh floral scent, her expression relaxing. She couldn’t resist bringing up something she had thought about before. "You know, when I first learned that being a Prison Director wasn’t an easy job, I thought you all would be terrifying."
"But then, all you had me do was pick fresh flowers for you every day. I thought you were actually a really nice person, so low-maintenance. Not like Jiang Xia and Mu Tangfeng back then, who were always subtly causing trouble for me."
"Is that so? I’m just glad Lanlan didn’t end up hating me."
His gaze darkened slightly, but a gentle smile played on his lips as he sat down beside her.
’Back then, I really did think about giving her a hard time,’ he thought. ’But she’s immune to my Talent Skill, so I couldn’t interfere with her much. Of course, my methods are always gentler with females. At most, I would have just tired her out until she resigned on her own.’
’But thank goodness Lanlan didn’t leave.’
Yan Huoshui pushed his thoughts aside. A robot brought over sanitized utensils, and he looked at the ordering interface on it. "Lanlan, see what you’d like to eat."
"I’ve been to this restaurant a few times, and the food is excellent. Not everything is a ’female meal,’ but some of their specialty dishes are worth trying."
Shi Lan wasn’t a picky eater. She shook her head. "I’m fine with anything. Since you’ve eaten here before, why don’t you order? Just get whatever you think is good."
"Alright."
He didn’t decline again, ordering a few dishes from the menu based on what Shi Lan had enjoyed the last time they ate together.
The robot took the menu and departed.
In the dimly lit room, bathed in a warm, orange-red glow, an intimate tension lingered silently in the air between them.
Shi Lan felt inexplicably uncomfortable. The distance between their chairs was less than half an arm’s length, and she felt as if the air was filled with Yan Huoshui’s scent.
Unlike He Hanshi’s reserved nature, Yan Huoshui had a much stronger, more aggressive presence. Perhaps it was because red is inherently such a bold color.
Beside her, Yan Huoshui nonchalantly took off his glasses. His gaze fell lightly on Shi Lan. Seeing her staring at the scenery outside the window, he allowed himself a rare indulgence, letting his eyes roam freely over the soft, fair profile of her face.
From her full forehead to her thick, curled eyelashes, his gaze slid down past her elegant, high-bridged nose, finally landing on her rosy, plump lips.
He had felt their warmth with his fingers, and they were just as soft as he had imagined.
’However, someone else had already beaten him to it.’
The thought of Mu Tangfeng kissing her yesterday brought an unavoidable flash of malice and jealousy to his eyes. He quickly hid it, but his once-translucent, amber-red eyes grew deeper and darker.
"Lanlan..."
Although Shi Lan hadn’t turned her head, she was keenly aware of Yan Huoshui’s gaze on her. She kept her eyes fixed on the window, but her body was rigid, her thoughts adrift. Her ears grew hot under his scrutiny.
So, when she was caught off guard by Yan Huoshui’s low, husky, and magnetic call, her heart skipped a few beats. Her mouth answered faster than her brain, "Huh? What is it?"
Yan Huoshui let out a low chuckle. His voice was in a lower register but possessed the clarity of a spring stream. It wasn’t a deliberately affected raspy voice; instead, it had an elegant, magnetic quality, like a musical instrument, that seemed to make one’s ears tingle just from listening.
Shi Lan felt her ears were not only hot but were also starting to itch a little.
She rubbed her ear lightly, and then she heard Yan Huoshui ask softly, "Do you want to play with my tails?"
"Tails?"
Shi Lan muttered. Her eyes lit up irresistibly, all her previous stiffness and unease vanishing. A hint of eagerness appeared in her expression as she looked at him. "Yes."
’That’s just how a fluff-lover is.’
She was completely unable to refuse. The comfort, the stress relief—only someone who had truly experienced it could understand what a wonderful pleasure in life it was.
’Besides, Yan Huoshui was the one who offered. I don’t need to feel shy.’
Yan Huoshui knew she loved his tails. Or perhaps, it was more accurate to say she preferred his beast form entirely.
’But he couldn’t let the little lady have everything all at once. He had to keep something back to string her along. As for the other pleasures... he would slowly let her experience those after they were married.’
He let out three of his tails. A fox’s tails were actually very long; the part Shi Lan could touch was longer than her own arm.
Because Yan Huoshui’s tails were very clean and even carried a variety of floral scents, she unconsciously nuzzled one against her cheek as if getting a facial spa, letting out a comfortable sigh.
’I love this so much.’
However, after indulging herself for a while, she noticed there were only three.
She couldn’t help but look at him, her eyes filled with longing. "Where are the others?"
’Being surrounded by so many tails would be even better. It’s equivalent to large-scale contact with fluff.’
Yan Huoshui’s well-defined hand slowly propped up his chin. His crimson lips curved, and his dark red eyes reflected the lights from outside the window, seeming to shimmer as if they were the only alluring beacon in an endless darkness.
His voice was soft and slightly husky, laced with a gentle bewitchment. "If Lanlan wants them... could you give me a kiss?"
Shi Lan froze. Her hand, still stroking a tail, didn’t stop. The tail in her arms seemed to have a mind of its own, brushing intimately against her neck. It tickled, yet it also felt like a feather teasing at her heart, making it impossible to remain calm.
’To her, it was a small request.’
’After all, she had already accepted in her heart that Yan Huoshui would become one of her Beast Husbands.’
However, perhaps because they had never been this intimate before, or perhaps because the look in Yan Huoshui’s eyes was too gentle—paired with that crimson beauty mark that made him look as compassionate as a saint—she couldn’t bring herself to do it.
’It was different from the cool aloofness He Hanshi gave off. He Hanshi made people want to pull him down from his pedestal, but when Yan Huoshui wore an expression like this, he seemed more like a compassionate deity, and she felt she couldn’t dare to defile him.’
In truth, Yan Huoshui’s smiling expression was indeed very deceptive. Back when he was an interstellar pirate, he had used this same look to entice countless people into voluntarily handing over their valuables.
Of course, he always kept his word; he let go of everyone who paid up.
And now, Shi Lan was the one captivated by that very same expression.